limits or borders 范围;界限;边界 It is beyond the confines of human knowledge. 这超出了人类的知识范围。 She wanted to experience things outside the close confines of family life. 她想体验一些超出家庭小圈子的事情。 Most airmen aren't allowed to leave the confines of the base. 大多数飞行员不允许走出该基地。
Extra ExamplesIt is a story that must not escape the confines of this room. 这是一个只限于在这间屋子里讲的故事。 It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his armchair. 他费了很大劲才离开了舒适的扶手椅。 She longed to leave the confines of her household. 她渴望摆脱家庭的束缚。 She returned to the cosy/cozy confines of her lodgings on the second floor. 她回到了自己位于二楼的温馨住所。 She stepped into the cool, dark confines of a roadside inn. 她走进了路旁一家凉爽、昏暗的小旅馆。 The dim, familiar confines of the room grew clearer as my eyes adjusted to the indoor darkness. 随着我的眼睛适应了室内的黑暗,房间内昏暗、熟悉的一切变得清楚起来。 The gay community is transcending the narrow confines of the ghetto. 同性恋人群不再局限于贫民窟的狭窄圈子。 The next two games are in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. 接下来的两场比赛在里格利球场举行,气氛友好。 They left the half-lit streets and entered the confines of a cemetery. 他们离开了半明半暗的街道,进入了公墓区。 a chance to escape the stuffy confines of the town 逃离那座沉闷的城市的机会 in the quiet confines of a Bloomington hotel room 在布卢明顿酒店安静的房间内 issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book 超出本书限定范围的问题 within the strict confines of the law 在法律严格限定的范围内
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- cramped
- limited
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- escape
- leave
- transcend
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- beyond the confines of
- outside the confines of
- in the confines of
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